ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,528, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Method for controlling an output shaft in a drive unit" was invented by Daisuke Kirihara (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method (200) for controlling an angular position of an output shaft in a drive unit (100), comprising the steps of: detecting a change in direction of a drive apparatus (5), detecting the torque transmitted by a flexible ring (6.3) of a strain wave gear immediately upon detection of the change in direction by means of a second sensor (12), determining a drive period of t...